Contents
Foreword James L. Peacock vi
Preface xviii
Introduction: The Object, Limits, and Method of the Sociology of Religion xix
Part I. The Sphere of the Sacred
1. Definition of Religion 3
2. Magic 7
Part II. Social Elements of Religious Life
3. Representational Elements 28
4. Prohibitions: Relations between Religion and Morality 52
5. Driving Elements: Rituals 66
6. Organization of Religion 89
Part III. Religious Systems
7. Geographical Conditions of Religious Life 97
8. Social Conditions of Religious Life 105
9. Relations among Religious Systems 114
10. Relations between Religious Systems and Other Social Systems
Part IV. The Origin and Evolution of Religions
11. Theories 132
12. Historical and Ethnographic Data 145
13. The Laws of the Evolution of Religion 158
Conclusion 166
Notes 167
Bibliography 168
Index 175
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Religion and sociology